Guardian Druid Leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:October 27, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Guardian Druid leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

It is highly recommended to level as Balance Druid!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Destruction Warlock
Elune's Chosen Level 70
Elune's Chosen Guardian Druid leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Dream of Cenarius
    • The proc provides nice self healing when running between packs.
  • Twin Moonfire
    • Moonfire now applies on an additional target.
  • Thorns of Iron
    • With this talent Ironfur becomes your main rage spender.

Class Tree

  • Stampeding Roar + Improved Stampeding Roar
    • Provides you with a 1 minute cooldown for a 70% movement speed increase for 8 seconds.
  • Heart of the Wild
    • Boosts your Moonfire damage when active.
  • Astral Influence
    • 5 yards more ranged on your spells to pull enemies.

Hero Talents

  • Elune's Chosen provides huge arcane damage increases which is your main damage source when leveling. While also giving you access to Lunar Beam another big damage cooldown on AoE.

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Elune's Chosen as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Lunar Insight
2. Level 72
  • Pick Atmospheric Exposure
3. Level 73
  • Pick The Light of Elune
4. Level 74
  • Pick The Eternal Moon
5. Level 75
  • Pick Moon Guardian
6. Level 76
  • Pick Lunar Amplification
7. Level 77
  • Pick Lunar Calling
8. Level 78
  • Pick Glistening Fur
9. Level 79
  • Pick Moondust
10. Level 80
  • Pick Lunation

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Destruction Warlock

Single-Target

Guardian Druid Single-Target leveling opener
  • Pull with Moonfire since it is now 45 yards ranged thanks to Astral Influence.
  • Always keep up Moonfire on the target.
  • Don't overcap on Rage spent it on Ironfur.
  • Use Lunar Beam and Rage of the Sleeper as often as possible.

AoE

  • You want to pull as many mobs as possible as a tank and just AoE them down.
Guardian Druid AoE leveling opener
  • Pull with Moonfire as many enemies as possible.
  • When stacked up cast Lunar Beam.
  • Don't overcap on Rage spent it on Ironfur.
  • Consume your Tooth and Claw procs on Raze in AoE.
  • Use Heart of the Wild whenever ready.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Destruction Warlock
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Meeres

Reviewed by: Rycn

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